Then my *second* favourite, a tiny 3D-printed #Amiga 2000 powered by a #RaspberryPi Compute Module 5 - though printing the "CRT" display at a different scale makes for an overall appearance that makes my brain hurt...

https://www.hackster.io/news/this-tiny-3d-printable-commodore-amiga-2000-hides-a-raspberry-pi-compute-module-5-inside-0795457d0aea

#Technology #RetroComputing #VintageComputing #3DPrinting #Makers #News #Hackster

Speaking of the #RaspberryPi CM5, there's a new carrier board coming out - an open-hardware design which adapts it into a mini-ITX form factor complete with x16 (mechanical, it's still one-lane) PCI Express slot.

https://www.hackster.io/news/sanctuary-systems-sentinel-core-turns-a-raspberry-pi-compute-module-5-into-a-better-computer-5718c1223b01

#Technology #SingleBoardComputer #News #Hackster

When the #RaspberryPi Compute Module 5 came out, you couldn't use the IO Case's bundled fan and heatsink at the same time - which was spun as letting people try out passive and active cooling separately.

Well, that definitely-not-a-design-flaw-honest has been fixed: the latest IO Case shifts the fan to allow clearance underneath for the heatsink.

https://www.hackster.io/news/raspberry-pi-revises-the-compute-module-5-io-board-io-case-designs-for-better-cooling-276c70513415

#Technology #SingleBoardComputer #News #Hackster

I just published the code of the first prototype of Diapasonix, a bass-like synth and MIDI controller I'm developing.
It uses the fabuolous AMY synth engine and runs on a Raspberry Pi Pico 2. Loads of presets and effects!

Full video: https://youtu.be/DMDRZ1dwdG4

#Synth #Electronics #RaspberryPi #DIYSynth #ElectronicMusic

@hyde

Hadn't thought about the OS, actually. I've never tried #FreeBSD on #RaspberryPi before.

I wonder if it supports full-disk encryption? That's my number 1 gripe with RaspberryPi OS

New blogpost: "Using gpioset and gpioget to control the gpio pins on a Raspberry Pi with a relay board under Debian Trixie"

Upgrading to Debian Trixie broke my garage door opener.

I fixed it.

https://neilzone.co.uk/2025/12/using-gpioset-and-gpioget-to-control-the-gpio-pins-on-a-raspberry-pi-with-a-relay-board-under-debian-trixie/

#RaspberryPi #gpio #Debian #Linux

For the #RaspberryPi crowd, the welcome news that Raspberry Pi OS "Trixie", based on Debian 13, has *finally* received support for the Raspberry Pi AI Kit and AI HAT+ Hailo-based machine learning/artificial intelligence accelerators.

Oh, and the AI Camera's got a new trick up its sleeve, too.

https://www.hackster.io/news/raspberry-pi-os-trixie-gets-hailo-based-ai-kit-ai-hat-support-and-a-new-ai-camera-feature-5e8523191150

#Technology #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #SingleBoardComputer #Linux #News #Hackster

Got a *lot* of stuff in the pipeline over on #Hackster today, so I'll get a head-start on today's round-up thread with the four that have been published so far - starting with (as I mentioned earlier) the news that the #RaspberryPi SBC range is getting a price hike across the board, balanced out with the introduction of a 1GB model at the $45 entry point.

You can thank the #AI bubble for this.

https://www.hackster.io/news/memory-pricing-leads-to-a-5-25-price-hike-for-the-raspberry-pi-5-single-board-computer-family-26f2aee18ce5

#Technology #News #SingleBoardComputer

Also #RaspberryPi-related, this new Raspberry Pi Recovery Kit Nano luggable design from Jay Doscher - the smallest in the family yet, and a stepping stone to a planned Recovery Kit Ultra,

https://www.hackster.io/news/jay-doscher-shrinks-the-raspberry-pi-recovery-kit-launches-the-recovery-kit-nano-a31f664c8653

#Technology #3DPrinting #SingleBoardComputer #News #Hackster

Then some great work from @psychotimmy: you can now emulate a Sharp MZ-700 (as well as the earlier MZ-80) on your #RaspberryPi Pico, Pico 2, or other RP2040/RP2350-based microcontroller board - colour at last!

https://www.hackster.io/news/tim-holyoake-turns-your-raspberry-pi-pico-pico-2-into-a-classic-sharp-mz-700-microcomputer-114ad090de1e

#Technology #Microcontroller #Emulator #VintageComputing #RetroComputing #News #Hackster

Raspberry Pi prices are rising due to RAM costs, plus a new 1GB Raspberry Pi 5 now available https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/raspberry-pi-prices-are-rising-due-to-ram-costs-plus-a-new-1gb-raspberry-pi-5-now-available/

#RaspberryPi

@rl_dane

You should be able to do so with stop motion photography and a script

Take your DSLR, trigger it with a PLC, Arduino, or Raspberry Pi with the refresh script that you're running on the page

You can use a solenoid to trigger the DSLR driven by the Pi

A task like this is perfect for any Raspberry Pi especially the low-powered ones

#StopMotion #Photography #DSLR #RaspberryPi #HAT #solenoid

#RaspberryPi Imager 2.0 Released with Revamped UI, Device Detection, and Much More https://9to5linux.com/raspberry-pi-imager-2-0-released-with-revamped-ui-and-device-detection

#openSource #FreeSoftware #Linux

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Screenshot of RaspberryPi Imager 2.0 showing the main window listing various RaspberryPi models.

And here’s another casualty of the conglomeration and sellout of #opensource and #hacker / #maker communities. After the actions of #RaspberryPi and their foundation and the long history of Qualcomm this isn’t exactly a surprise, but it still hurts to see.

The new documents introduce an irrevocable, perpetual license over anything users upload, broad surveillance-style monitoring of AI features, a clause preventing users from identifying potential patent infringement, years-long retention of usernames even after account deletion, and the integration of all user data (including minors) into Qualcomm’s global data ecosystem.
…
users are now explicitly forbidden from reverse-engineering or even attempting to understand how the platform works unless Arduino gives permission. That’s a profound shift for a brand long embraced by educators, makers, researchers, and open-source advocates.

https://archive.ph/05KK2

Is you granny cold? Has she shoved her feet inside a cat for warmth? Is it -10°C in the colonial outpost of Northern Scotchland? Are you keeching yer pants to turn the heating on up there, despite the country being a net energy exporter, almost entirely provided by renewables?

Don't worry. Keir Starmer has the AI industry's back.
The Prime Minister has announced new "AI Growth Zones"—including a confirmed site in North Wales—where data centres will receive "significant discounts" on their electricity bills. While your standing charge climbs, these industrial giants will be granted priority access to the grid and special pricing support to "power up innovation" without delay.

Meanwhile, down in Essex, pensioners are having to live inside the internet to survive the winter. A couple has replaced their gas boiler with a "HeatHub" containing clusters of Raspberry Pi computers. This "digital boiler" processes data for third parties in their garden shed, and the waste heat is pumped into their home. It has slashed their bill from £375 to £40 a month, essentially because the data company pays for the juice.
So there you have it: The government’s energy strategy is cheap power for the server farms, and for the rest of us? Just cuddle up to a server rack and hope you don't overheat the motherboard.

#EnergyCrisis #KeirStarmer #AI #RaspberryPi #DigitalBoiler #CostOfLiving #UKPolitics

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ai-growth-zones-to-create-thousands-of-jobs-and-unlock-up-to-100-billion-in-investment-as-new-site-confirmed-for-north-wales?hl=en-GB

Talking with a younger colleague about the #arcade machine in work kitchen that's been defunct for months (or years)
I fitted a #raspberryPi with #recallbox
Trying to figure out which if any is the start button or select or anything other than the 6/12 buttons that are labeled. And how then to map to console controllers. (Annoyingly not finding a simple press and select action setup)
One interestingly I discover is shutdown only from the main GUI)
He says "there's no wires really"
The wires:

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A small electrical board with dozens of thin black WIRES connected, some of which are labeled (and peeling off) Held in a right hand surrounded by the open wood front panel of an arcade machine

Neglected to share the #Hackster articles I wrote on Friday - busy end to the week, got side-tracked! - so here's a bumper crop for Monday.

First, a guide to upgrading the Vilros PiDock 400 laptop-style docking station for the #RaspberryPi 400 to support the newer and faster Raspberry Pi 500 instead:

https://www.hackster.io/news/bandi-ba-shows-how-to-upgrade-a-vilros-pidock-400-for-raspberry-pi-500-support-067bf69f1d36

#Technology #News #Gadgets

You can now run gokrazy on NVMe disks on the Raspberry Pi 5 🥳

The user guide shows you how: https://gokrazy.org/userguide/nvme-disk/

The bootloader firmware and configuration is fully managed via your gokrazy instance config :)

Using an NVMe SSD not only speeds up your updates (writing+booting a new gokrazy image is now possible in 30 seconds!), but also makes for a more reliable storage medium than SD cards longer-term…

#gokrazy #golang #raspberrypi

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screenshot of the gokrazy user guide on NVMe disks

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Top: Raspberry Pi 5, Bottom: Pimoroni NVMe Base with original Raspberry Pi 256 GB SSD disk

Good news, everyone! My #golang appliance platform https://gokrazy.org/ now supports EEPROM bootloader updates on the Pi 5! 🎉

As it turns out, not only do the Pi 4 and Pi 5 need different files, the procedure also works a little differently on the Pi 5 (using a timestamp in the .sig file); see https://github.com/gokrazy/gokrazy/issues/332 for details if you’re curious.

Next we need EEPROM config update support, too, then using NVMe disks will be easy! https://github.com/gokrazy/gokrazy/issues/267

#raspberrypi

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screenshot of the latest comment on issue #332, summarizing that things now work

I'm trying an in-place upgrade on the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B from Bookworm to Trixie using this guide. There's nothing too critical on this Pi if it blows up https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-os-bookworm-to-trixie/

#RaspberryPi #Debian

Trying to be better at posting more regularly, and what better way to train myself than a daily thread of stuff I've written?

To start: a near-future-gazing piece which predicts price rises to come for the #RaspberryPi and other single-board computers, thanks to the "AI" industry's insatiable demand for RAM.

https://www.hackster.io/news/a-near-tripling-of-dram-contract-pricing-foreshadows-price-hikes-to-come-for-single-board-computers-88119b01c94e

#Technology #News #Hackster

Upgraded my Raspberry Pi 4B from Fedora 42 to Fedora 43 using the offline upgrade process. I documented what worked for me as a gist at https://codeberg.org/jwildeboer/gists/src/branch/main/2025/20251107UpgradeToFedora43Raspi4.md and couldn't have done it without the little tip from @krist — Thx, Krist!

#Selfhost #Homelab @homelab #Fedora #RaspberryPi

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Screenshot from the cockpit session on my Raspberry Pi 4B, showing that it is happily running Fedora 43 now.

This is part of my weekend fun. Coffee stains included.
The two Raspberry Pis are powered by NetBSD, the mini PC by illumos/SmartOS, and the two APU boards by FreeBSD.

#NetBSD #FreeBSD #illumos #SmartOS #IT #SysAdmin #HomeLab #RaspberryPI

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A top-down shot of a small computer setup on a tan surface with some visible coffee stains. In the upper left, a silver mini-PC is partially visible, with a black USB stick plugged into its side. Below the mini-PC, a black USB to TTL serial adapter is connected to and powering a Raspberry Pi A+. The Raspberry Pi Zero W is connected to and driving a 2-relay module. The Raspberry Pis are running NetBSD, the mini-PC is running llumos/SmartOS, and the two, slightly visible APU devices are running FreeBSD.

I was trying to show off my darling little Raspi to my extended family but nobody was impressed. So my #GratefulForYou nod today goes out to all my Fedi friends who enjoy and delight in this kind of stuff. And thank you for always teaching me new things 🥹

#Linux #SmallTech #RaspberryPi

Assembling a Raspberry Pi Case Made Out of Paper

Print and assemble an inexpensive Raspberry Pi paper model case that is rigid enough to hold its form while still protecting the device.

https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/assemble-raspberry-pi-paper-case/

#blog #RaspberryPi #case #DIY

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Large yellow text draws strong attention in saying 'Assemble Raspberry Pi Paper Case' over the tools of scissors, knife and a ruler against a blue hazy grid background.

I got a #Bose #SoundTouch30 and I received this e-mail to inform me that they will stop to support the #SoundTouch products line. I will not able to play music from #Deezer neither use the radio service #TuneIn.
I will try to use my #raspberrypi model 1B as a #musicpd server then send the output to the speaker with AUX output. If it doesn’t work a will get soon a brick. I got all my CDs collection encoded in FLAC.
I will not bought another kind of these connected products anymore.

From: @theverge
https://flipboard.com/@theverge/the-verge-5hobbaa8z/-/a-IhjPzn69RxK5Q1wToGVYGA%3Aa%3A43611565-%2F0

"The HackberryPi_CM5 project is a RaspberryPi Compute Module SBC(single board computer) powered handheld computer with reuse of original keyboard from old Blackberry phones. The goal of the project is to create a portable linux-powered computer that lets the user gain a deeper understanding of Linux and explore the architecture of hardware, software, and the Linux kernel."

https://github.com/ZitaoTech/HackberryPiCM5 #Linux #RaspberryPi

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Two HackberryPi_CM5 devices side-by-side oriented near 45 degrees. One has a black case, the other silver. They look like a jumbo sized Blackberry phone, with larger screen and keyboard.

Want to get ArchLinux running on your shiny new clicky Raspberry Pi 500+ with KDE Plasma and BTRFS subvolumes instead of ext4?

Turns out, it's not very difficult.

Check out the forum thread (remember those?) here on Interfacing Linux:
https://interfacinglinux.com/community/sbcsoftware/archlinux-kde-plasma-btrfs-on-raspberry-pi-500

#raspberrypi #archlinux #archlinuxarm #linux

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Screenshot of System Settings showing information about ArchLinux system installed on a Raspberry Pi 500+.

Are the Russians using #RaspberryPI (or just #ARM) chips in their drones? Can't think of that many British made microprocessors in recent times (alas, it doesn't surprise me that UK companies are likely selling them to Russia if it makes them a profit)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg5e9zlpz6eo

Open Printer is a repairable, open-hardware inkjet powered by Raspberry Pi, built for makers who want freedom from vendor lock-in.
https://linuxiac.com/open-printer-promises-freedom-from-proprietary-cartridges/

#printing #raspberrypi #opensource

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Open Printer is a repairable, open-hardware inkjet powered by Raspberry Pi, built for makers who want freedom from vendor lock-in.

#RaspberryPi OS Is Now Based on #Debian 13 “Trixie” and Has a Fresh New Look https://9to5linux.com/raspberry-pi-os-is-now-based-on-debian-13-trixie-with-fresh-new-look

#Linux #OpenSource

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Screenshot of Raspberry Pi OS showing the Main Menu.

I may have to move it to slightly more powerful hardware for my own sanity…

https://cablespaghetti.dev/hosting-a-fediverse-instance-on-an-original-raspberry-pi.html

#snac #snac2 #alpinelinux #linux #raspberrypi